I have always used beagles up until a year or so ago, to hunt rabbit and pheasant. Expeirences have been awesome. Take them out to run a few times a week and you'll whip them right into shape. Never used them for quail hunting though.

I have always used beagles up until a year or so ago, to hunt rabbit and pheasant. Expeirences have been awesome. Take them out to run a few times a week and you'll whip them right into shape. Never used them for quail hunting though.

I have been rabbit hunting over beagles for over 15 years and LOVE THEM!! They are very hard working dogs that usually don't know the meaning of the word quit. I've never bird hunted with one, but with the strong noses they have, it shouldn't be hard to train them as long as you have the time. Good luck and keep us posted if you can!

No, my method may be different from others but all I did was put my dog on the scent of a rabbit we just came across. I started every dog off on a commercial buildings lawn toward evening. Where I live there are alot of rabbits. After that, I would just let the dog run in the high brush and through instict everything just fell into place.

Picked up my beagle pup from the Mt. Pleasant shelter Saturday. She's 10 months old, and a bit small, but once the nose hits the ground, she goes. Any suggestions for training a beagle for bird hunting would be appreciated. If there are books, DVD's, etc. that anyone can suggest, I am all ears.